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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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